Go with the joke (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
play along
(Another definition for play along that I've seen is " Nay, gallop so as to pretend to cooperate".)
I've seen this clue in the Jonesin', the Jonesin Crosswords and The Wall Street Journal.
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